Contracts

Jim Sheridan: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence 
	(1)  how many contracts were awarded by his Department to Oracle in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012;
	(2)  how many contracts were awarded by his Department to Xerox in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012;
	(3)  how many contracts were awarded by his Department to DELL CSC in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012;
	(4)  how many contracts were awarded by his Department to Symantec in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012;
	(5)  how many contracts were awarded by his Department to Amazon in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012;
	(6)  how many contracts were awarded by his Department to Google in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012.

Philip Dunne: The number of contracts awarded to the named companies in 2010, 2011 and 2012 is shown in the following table. The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has not awarded any contracts to Amazon during this period. The table includes contracts let by MOD agencies and trading funds.
	
		
			 Company 2010 2011 2012 
			 Oracle 17 14 8 
			 Xerox 1 — 2 
			 DELL 2 1 — 
			 CSC (Computer Sciences Corporation) — 1 1 
			 Symantec 3 — — 
			 Google 1 — 1

Meetings

Jim Sheridan: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence 
	(1)  how many meetings he and officials of his Department had with Google in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012;
	(2)  how many meetings he and officials of his Department had with Amazon in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012;
	(3)  how many meetings he and officials of his Department had with Oracle in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012;
	(4)  how many meetings he and officials of his Department had with Xerox in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012;
	(5)  how many meetings he and officials of his Department had with Dell CSC in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012;
	(6)  how many meetings he and officials of his Department had with Symantec in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012.

Philip Dunne: Information about meetings between officials and these companies could be provided only at disproportionate cost. Details of all ministerial meetings with external organisations, including companies, are published in the MOD Transparency returns, which are available at this address:
	https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministers-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings
	No meetings were held between Ministers and the named companies in 2010, 2011 or 2012.